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Mike Glenn

Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Mike Glenn

Marine who criticized top brass over Afghan policy gets $5,000 fine and reprimand

A Marine Corps officer who released videos and social media posts harshly critical of senior military leaders over their handling of the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan will receive a punitive letter of reprimand and forfeit $5,000 in pay.

October 15, 2021

‘Accepting accountability’: Marine prods Pentagon leaders to admit Afghan failures at court-martial

A Marine Corps officer who waged a one-man social media battle against senior Pentagon brass over their handling of the Afghan war pullout told the judge at his court-martial hearing on Thursday that he just wants U.S. military leaders to admit their failures in Afghanistan.

October 14, 2021

Navy prepares to begin discharging sailors who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. Navy has set up an organization to process the discharges of sailors who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine and don't have a pending or approved exemption request on the books.

October 14, 2021

Scheller debate goes on as Marine seeks deal at court-martial

To supporters, he was a rare patriot willing to speak harsh truths to power, at the cost of his career and his financial security. To his superiors, he was wildly out of line and unwilling to register his complaints through the time-honored internal channels.

October 13, 2021

Marine officer jailed for Afghan criticisms to plead guilty

The Marine who faces a court-martial for his criticism of the Afghanistan withdrawal will plead guilty to the charges in the hopes of demonstrating the sort of accountability he had accused the top Pentagon brass of not demonstrating.

October 12, 2021

Amid tensions with Russia, Army sends units to Europe

The Army is sending advisers and a brigade of combat helicopters to Eastern Europe to work alongside NATO allies as tensions show no sign of easing between an aggressive Russia and its wary neighbors.

October 12, 2021

U.S. Navy copies sleek Italian design for its new warships

If the U.S. Navy's new Constellation-class of frigates brings to mind warships currently deployed on the high seas by European countries, there's a good reason. It was based on the Fregata Europea Multi-Missione (FREMM) family of vessels from the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the navies of Italy and France.

October 11, 2021

China fumes over reports of U.S. Special Ops training force in Taiwan

New reports that the U.S. has secretly sent teams of special operations soldiers and Marines to Taiwan to train military forces there has added fresh fuel to rising tensions with an increasingly bellicose China.

October 8, 2021

Sailors injured in murky U.S. sub collision in South China Sea

A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine struck an unidentified object in the South China Sea over the weekend, Navy officials confirmed Thursday, with several non-life-threatening injuries reported among the crew.

October 7, 2021

Lt. Col. Scheller to face Marine court-martial over Afghan criticisms

Brushing aside a groundswell of popular support that included a large number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the Marine Corps said Wednesday it was moving ahead with plans to court-martial Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller for his outspoken and viral criticisms of how the top brass handled the Afghan war and its chaotic ending.

October 6, 2021

Defense Secretary Austin calls possible debt default a national security issue

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is joining the debate over whether the government should raise the federal borrowing ceiling to stave off the nation defaulting on its financial obligations, saying a default would have major negative consequences for national security.

October 6, 2021

Lt. Col. Scheller freed from the brig ahead of hearing on potential court-martial

Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, who has waged a one-man social media campaign against top government and military leaders over their failures in Afghanistan, is out of the brig at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after spending a week behind bars for criticizing his bosses.

October 5, 2021

Marine Lt. Col. Scheller, jailed for Afghan criticisms, faces Tuesday hearing

A pretrial detention hearing is scheduled Tuesday for Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a decorated Marine Corps officer now being held without charges at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after he publicly excoriated the U.S. military commanders' handling of the chaotic final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

October 4, 2021

VA health system’s death toll tops grim milestone after deadliest month

The coronavirus has now been blamed for more than 15,000 deaths of military veterans since the pandemic was detected in the U.S. almost two years ago, surpassing the grim milestone last month, officials said Monday.

October 4, 2021

Air Force hopes to boost arsenal with retrofitted ‘Dragons’

The Air Force plans to launch a live cruise missile dropped out of the back of a cargo plane before the end of the year as part of "Rapid Dragon" -- a program to turn the lumbering military aircraft normally used to haul troops and equipment into lethal platforms.

October 3, 2021

Lt. Col. Scheller to remain in the brig until next week without charges

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller will remain in the brig until at least next week following an initial hearing into his insubordination case Thursday at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

October 1, 2021

Lawmakers rally to cause of Marine jailed for Afghan criticisms

A growing number of conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill are rallying to the cause of a Marine lieutenant colonel jailed this week for his outspoken and repeated criticism of his superiors and what he said was their failure to take responsibility for the mishandling of the chaotic final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

September 30, 2021